The season highlight was the Aragon Grand Prix: Philipp was fourth on the grid and finished sixth after an impressive performance.įor the 2014 Moto3 term Philipp, who will keep on representing the Interwetten Paddock Moto3 Team, will steer a new KALEX-KTM. His learning curve was sharp but effective and paid-off in the final third of the season with repeated top ten results. He scored at six GPs and finished the season in eighteenth position as the second best rookie. He was ready for the world stage and so in 2013 he raced Moto3 for the Interwetten Paddock Moto3 Team on a KALEX-KTM. At the last race of the Moto3 FIM World Championship, his first grand prix, he scored maiden points with 11th place. In between, he experienced a ‘high’ when he won the Rookies Cup Grand Prix at Silverstone. Due to further top positions the racer from the town of Ainring finally achieved fourth place. One year later, Philipp competed in the Spanish Moto3 championship on a KALEX-KTM and spectacularly won the first event of the season in Jerez. With a perfect final spurt, several top three results and a fourth place in the overall standings the year was wrapped satisfactorily. In the German Championship he again competed on a two-stroke KTM. After his injury Philipp returned with a victory in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup race at Sachsenring. Recovery lasted until the middle of the season. However, during tests for the International German Championship at Lausitzring he experienced a setback: a collarbone fracture. In 2011, Philipp had a promising start into the Rookies Cup: a victory and a second place at the first run of the season in Jerez. In addition he completed first outings in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and at race tracks abroad. Through the course of the season he visited the rostrum several times and finally finished fourth in the standings. On a KTM 125 he continued his career in the International German Championship in 2010. With two victories and three top three finishes Philipp was second in the championship. In 2009 the ADAC Junior Cup was up on the agenda. At the same time he contested the national minibike series. In 2008 he clinched the junior championship in Austria. Philipp, who is always guided by his father, started his competitive career early with 50cc, 65cc and 80cc in Supermoto competitions and brought home several trophies. The enthusiasm for two wheels and racing was soon picked up by his son. “While I´m preparing the bike or training, I prefer to imagine how it will feel to be on the podium with a trophy in my hands.” “I never think about the bad experiences”, says Peter Öttl. The setbacks did not quell his passion for racing. At the same circuit two years later a horrific crash and collision with other riders would result in broken legs. The 1989 80cc FIM World Championship was in his reach until he crashed at Brno in the last corner of the last lap. The aim: Top 10.Īs a privateer Öttl Senior won five Grand Prix. On a KALEX-KTM the Bavarian steps into Moto3 this season. He is the son of former racer Peter Öttl who competed in 80cc and 125cc Grand Prix.
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